One time, I was surprised hearing our househelp's daughter saying, "Ate Nery, di magagaling ang estudyante nyo po," (Ate, (endearing word of respect to an adult? Nery, for sure, your students are good). I asked her why she said it. And she replied, "because you are bright, so it follows that your students are also bright."
I was flattered with what I heard. And then, I began to realize that she was trying to rationalize things, that by merely looking at the source, one can easily see the product or output.
Looking at her logic, she has a point. And this simple conversation with a 10 year-old child made me think that if we will just do our very best to influence others to really live their lives to the fullest in the same way as we do, then there will be no problem of peace and order, poverty, corruption and the like. Hence, if that happens, our temporary stay on earth will not as bad as it can be.
How idealistic, easier said than done. But, it is possible, isn't it? I have watched the movie, "Pay it Forward," and in a social studies project that a student did in the movie, he made the people feel loved and cared for. Hence, in the end, this school project made the people learn to love and give it away unconditionally without counting the cost. And this results to a chain reaction, the one who gets love gives love in return.
Yes, the movie is fiction, but the idea presented there is doable. So, can we just apply the concept of love reflected in the movie, and be the next happiest man alive.
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